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economic trade was among the earliest forms of diplomacy among different peoples
the afterlives of the 20th century also mean that globalization has occurred in a decidedly uncooperative manner; it is not sufficient to 'acknowledge' past and present inequalities
it is true also, that wars are borne from either excessive need or excessive greed; Friends have discerned it reasonable to ask: how we can seek peace-generating relations and discourage those which generate violence at personal and regional scales?
pursuit of stable and generative peace calls us to discern what a truly cooperative approach stewarding our communities and economies would look like
the population of the Americas, such as it is observed today, can only have arisen of numerous waves of violence driving our ancestors to our so-called spacious skies.
while much is made of centering the experiences of 'marginalized peoples' to remedy this, it obscures the true unity underlying the American experience: Americans are untied in our ancestral history of displacement and migration.
the Monthly Meeting seeks to ask what decolonising the peace testimony requires of us; how do we relate to each other as relatives, neighbors and Friends? what are we called to do as ancestors to build foundations of peace for posterity?
new york city is a city of money and exchange, what do the demands of peace ask of labor and the global economy?
we invite Friends to reflect upon tom kunesh's message on decolonising the peace testimony.